He's getting snappier now, but the whole senior act early on, the long pauses blah blah - he's well sharp. Plus, he's famously all over it. So both claiming a lack of knowledge about all of these events until recently + him just saying he hardly checks in with editors is bullshit. Strategy is clearly to completely distance himself as Big Manager, too big to be involved in the details (pretty much his opening line was that NOTW was 1% of business + he employs 50K people), while also playing up to a bit of sympathy - old man getting picked on.

'Jonnie Marbles', apparently, is part of the same collective that protested U2's performance at Glastonbury, though they have disowned him:

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The man who attacked Rupert Murdoch during his parliamentary appearance has been identified as Jonathan May-Bowles, a protester and standup comedian.

May-Bowles dramatically intervened in the committee hearing when he tried to throw a plate of white foam into Murdoch's face at close range.

He was quickly identified by friends in the UK Uncut network of activists. Although the activist group quickly distanced themselves from the protester, he is known to have been a key figure in their campaign.

"This was a lone-wolf, solitary action," said a key organiser in UK Uncut, a tax-avoidance campaigner group. "None of us knew anything about this. This has got nothing to do with UK Uncut."